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Commissioners, public press for resolution as sewer board appeals and spending continue
Summary
Public commenters and county officials debated ongoing sewer-board litigation after IDEM ordered dissolution; commissioners said the board’s decision to appeal could increase taxpayer costs and discussed pursuing legislative fixes to board oversight and debt issuance rules.
Public concern over the local sewer board’s recent actions and ongoing litigation dominated public comment at the Marshall County commissioners meeting.
A resident, Bill Woodward of 12094 Peach Road, told commissioners that since the Indiana Department of Environmental Management ordered the sewer board dissolved, the board “keeps resisting and keeps spending money,” citing a recent $60,000 invoice as an example. Woodward argued that continued spending after an order to dissolve is…
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